(A piece about TV credits on Mongoose World caused in turn by this piece from the BBC provoked a rant from me on that subject and particularly how it relates to machinima. ( Read more... )

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Independent film outfit Strange Company have released their feature-length machinima movie, the "punk fantasy" BloodSpell. ( My review )

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( Conscious neologism and accidental spelling )

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I'm wondering why there isn't more machinima on blip.tv. There is some, but this video publishing service seems like such a good fit with the needs of machers I would have expected more.

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Fotowoosh is a service to extract 3D models from 2D images, seeking beta users.

This kind of math is not new, but I've not seen it productized and sold before - seems to be a pretty exciting technology development for machinima-makers. Model asset generation is probably the biggest remaining expense in our medium, expecially films that want to be set outside the virtual world the engine they were made in comes with. (Seen at TechCrunch - the article there has a good pictorial summary)

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( I enjoyed Welcome To The Scene. Is it text-only machinima? )

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I like code. I like monkeys. ( I like CC-ed pop songs. I like machinima videos. This was made for me. )

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Current Mood: bouncy

Film-maker cairmen posted recently comparing their current phase of production to bug-fixing in software, and wondering about analogies between his world and that of software engineering. And the other week after watching DVD extras for The Fifth Element, the lead programmer where I work (Dave Turner) said he thought he saw interesting correspondences between working on a film and on a software project. ( I'm intrigued by film-making/software development comparisons, but not yet convinced. )

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Current Mood: uncertain

Machinima group Strange Company are filming a new episodic series, which has its own LiveJournal here: bloodspell. ( I'm doing some programming for it, and will be blogging about the technicalities of the work. ) I've kicked things off with a (non-technical) introduction to the context and the plan.

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Current Mood: optimistic

( The festival is over. It was a success. )

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Current Mood: tired